New to Volvo. Hiya.
The EX30 Ultra in Hi Viz yellow arrived yesterday to (replace) our 3.5 year old Model 3 Tesla).
Happy to share feedback.
First things, well coming from iPhone digital key to faffing about with keycards is a bit of a pain (I’ve read here that digital phone keys are coming…..) and no CarPlay as yet despite this not being available in the Tesla either is unnerving as I’m an Apple man. Google stuff scares me!
I like how you can register for the EX30 app independently and add yourself to the car as well as family members.
Tesla was really weird where I had to use my ex wife’s NHS email address (company car) to access the App which is totally insane, never mind GDPR non compliant!
Ok so EX30 app is limited, no charging speeds, need to allow vehicle sharing data with Volvo and google to permit sending locations to car etc all a bit new, and despite setting up a comfy seating position and saving to profiles, it’s not clear how to set up individual driving style, braking etc unique to my Mario kart driving style (got this one purely for the AWD 0-60 in a Tesla beating 3.5 seconds!)
It’s well built, looks great. Software clearly needs work but in quick mode is really supple and copes well with our horrendous roads where the model 3 would have shaken out your fillings.
I wish I had found these forums before I spent an hour last night at 01:00 getting bitten to bits whilst stuck in the sub menus of my 22kW Zappi charger, only to almost give up then hit the ‘Amp limiter’ option in the car menus (which I saw first and thought why would I want this on)? Anyhoo, on AC, moving from 3.5kW to 20.5kW means I can brim the circa 70kwh battery in one stretch of my 4 (soon to be 5) cheap octopus Go energy circa £0.08 per kWh meaning £5.60 for approx 200 miles real world range (or more like 150 with my heavy foot)!
Sound bar is good if needs a little calibrating when other things binging and bonging. Wooly seats look nice and are comfortable with shorts on (big deal)! Despite being in one pedal mode, I’ve never used the brake pedal as much and not clear if this has regen or not.
Also, took me about 2 hours to figure out how to turn off the rear wiper (screen icon - d’oh) and auto parking brake needs a fair old depress of the brake and doesn’t fill me with confidence at a junction.
Only managed a 15 mile loop via back roads and A1 but pilot assist was more advanced than I expected coming from a FSD model 3 and cruise control etc as you would expect but adding / removing mph is more fiddly than needs be.
When someone finds out what the double steering wheel icon (left thumb steering wheel button) is please give me a shout.
The Volvo will become the runaround when the EV9 comes
later this summer!
Cheers
P
Hello EX30 world!
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/ca ... 6870d1a409Enabling and disabling steering assistance when driving
Updated 06/09/2023
Pilot Assist's steering assistance can be easily enabled or disabled using the steering wheel buttons. This allows you to control it without going into settings while driving.
Steering assistance is part of Pilot Assist and can only be used when Pilot Assist is active.
If steering assistance is unavailable for some reason, such as due to deteriorated lane markings, you won't be able to activate it. However, by enabling steering assistance, it will automatically activate when the required conditions are met.
1 Press the steering assistance buttonon the steering wheel.
> Steering assistance is either enabled or disabled.
If enabled, steering assistance activates automatically when the required conditions are met.
If disabled, Pilot Assist will remain active but mainly provide speed- and distance-keeping.
Volvo EX30 Ultra Twin Motor cloud blue
Update since sticking about 100 miles on the spanking EX30 performance Ultra this weekend.
I’m sure I share everyone’s frustration at having to turn off the driver monitoring everytime. We are NOT in the EU anymore, surely we don’t need to be nannied everytime we drive the car?
That said, decent efficiency, love the 22kW AC charging at home meaning full battery in only a an hour or two from 60% which is great.
Suspension is a little bouncy but miles more comfortable than the model 3! Pro Plus or Pilot Plus or whatever it’s called is decent on the A1, way better than I thought. Auto lane change can work but doesn’t cancel the indicator and as you need to keep your hands on the wheel to make the manoeuvre this sometimes upsets the flow and only works if it finds space which is whenever it fancies! I like the vibrating steering wheel to warn of straying. Not used to google maps (waiting for CarPlay) and keep getting caught out by the ‘scale’ which is either too far away or too close!
It’s really fine for a daily driver and took the performance mode for a spin on some back C roads. In a straight line it’s unbelievably quick and fun, though steering and corners is not on a par with the Tesla so useful for out dragging model 3s at the lights only! Pro pilot mode is also not brilliant on sweeping bends, with me having to intervene to pull the car back on line.
Running 1.3.1 waiting for 1.4.
Desperate for CarPlay and iPhone Digital Key. Keep forgetting this little card thingy. All I should need is my phone!!!
In all, a solid car more than enough for the family football run.
I’m sure I share everyone’s frustration at having to turn off the driver monitoring everytime. We are NOT in the EU anymore, surely we don’t need to be nannied everytime we drive the car?
That said, decent efficiency, love the 22kW AC charging at home meaning full battery in only a an hour or two from 60% which is great.
Suspension is a little bouncy but miles more comfortable than the model 3! Pro Plus or Pilot Plus or whatever it’s called is decent on the A1, way better than I thought. Auto lane change can work but doesn’t cancel the indicator and as you need to keep your hands on the wheel to make the manoeuvre this sometimes upsets the flow and only works if it finds space which is whenever it fancies! I like the vibrating steering wheel to warn of straying. Not used to google maps (waiting for CarPlay) and keep getting caught out by the ‘scale’ which is either too far away or too close!
It’s really fine for a daily driver and took the performance mode for a spin on some back C roads. In a straight line it’s unbelievably quick and fun, though steering and corners is not on a par with the Tesla so useful for out dragging model 3s at the lights only! Pro pilot mode is also not brilliant on sweeping bends, with me having to intervene to pull the car back on line.
Running 1.3.1 waiting for 1.4.
Desperate for CarPlay and iPhone Digital Key. Keep forgetting this little card thingy. All I should need is my phone!!!
In all, a solid car more than enough for the family football run.
Just for everyone's information.
The UK had left the EU, but to the best of my knowledge and understand, the government has not changed any of the motor vehicle regulations, and our regulations are aligned exactly with the EU's regulations.
Therefore our UK cars must be made exactly the same as those in the EU.
Volvo is not forcing UK drivers to comply with EU regulations, the UK government is.
The UK had left the EU, but to the best of my knowledge and understand, the government has not changed any of the motor vehicle regulations, and our regulations are aligned exactly with the EU's regulations.
Therefore our UK cars must be made exactly the same as those in the EU.
Volvo is not forcing UK drivers to comply with EU regulations, the UK government is.
2024 EX30 Ultra - single motor - extended range - Onyx Black (UK)
Maybe because our civil servants in the Department for Transport (highways) most likely don’t even drive a car!
Taken from https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/art ... -32p8fz8wr
But hang on a minute. As you may have heard, Britain isn’t in the EU. So why are we adhering to this silliness? There are a couple of reasons. First, the EU legislation will have arrived at the Department for Transport, where someone will have been charged with the task of deciding whether it should be applied here as well.
Now, let’s think about that “someone” for a moment. What do you suppose he looks like? James Hunt? Oliver Reed? And will he have driven to work that morning in a Mustang GT350, parking in a cloud of his own tyre smoke? I think probably not. I’m not even sure he will be a he. Or a she. And they won’t have driven to work in anything at all because they are working from home. Which means they actually spent the day marching for Palestine or glueing themselves to a painting.
So when they finally got round to looking at a piece of legislation that would make driving a car less pleasant, they’ll have said “yes please” and that will have been that.
Taken from https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/art ... -32p8fz8wr
But hang on a minute. As you may have heard, Britain isn’t in the EU. So why are we adhering to this silliness? There are a couple of reasons. First, the EU legislation will have arrived at the Department for Transport, where someone will have been charged with the task of deciding whether it should be applied here as well.
Now, let’s think about that “someone” for a moment. What do you suppose he looks like? James Hunt? Oliver Reed? And will he have driven to work that morning in a Mustang GT350, parking in a cloud of his own tyre smoke? I think probably not. I’m not even sure he will be a he. Or a she. And they won’t have driven to work in anything at all because they are working from home. Which means they actually spent the day marching for Palestine or glueing themselves to a painting.
So when they finally got round to looking at a piece of legislation that would make driving a car less pleasant, they’ll have said “yes please” and that will have been that.
It's possible (but of course needs to be confirmed) that if a new car (sold after 1st July) is not compliant with EU regulations it couldn't be driven or even validly insured within the EU, so maybe for this reason UK has adopted the same regulations.
Volvo EX30 Ultra Twin Motor cloud blue
First of all, not all safety systems are a legal requirement. Some are put in by manufacturers trying to make cars safer.
Secondly, if the government did reduce the safety rules, would manufacturers really spend loads of money employing extra software engineers to make two different software suites (and trying to de-bug two different software suites), one for UK and ond for EU when one would do. Twice as much work for no extra sales. Easier just to mske all your cars the same to meet the strictest standards.
I can remember what happened a few (maybe 15) years ago in USA. All North American cars were produced in USA for sale in both USA and Canada. The same models in both countries. Then Canada introduced a Daylight Running Light law (the USA had no such thing). Did all the car companies then start making USA and Canada versions? A few did, however most didn't, they just put DRL into all their cars, irrespective of where they were to be sold. Much to the annoyance of many Americans, they just had to drive cars made to meet the higher Canadian standards. And these were USA based manufacturers.
Secondly, if the government did reduce the safety rules, would manufacturers really spend loads of money employing extra software engineers to make two different software suites (and trying to de-bug two different software suites), one for UK and ond for EU when one would do. Twice as much work for no extra sales. Easier just to mske all your cars the same to meet the strictest standards.
I can remember what happened a few (maybe 15) years ago in USA. All North American cars were produced in USA for sale in both USA and Canada. The same models in both countries. Then Canada introduced a Daylight Running Light law (the USA had no such thing). Did all the car companies then start making USA and Canada versions? A few did, however most didn't, they just put DRL into all their cars, irrespective of where they were to be sold. Much to the annoyance of many Americans, they just had to drive cars made to meet the higher Canadian standards. And these were USA based manufacturers.
2024 EX30 Ultra - single motor - extended range - Onyx Black (UK)
Despite having had the car for a month, there’s one feature that I haven’t used until last night.
The ‘puddle lights’ mounted under the wing mirrors are tremendous!
Like having floodlighting around your car, really handy to stop me tripping over charging cables etc.
Lights come on automatically when unlocking the EX30 ultra and are really bright!
My Cupra had something similar but only projected the logo so you could see the surface material but despite looking cool was pretty pointless!
Kudos to Volvo for fitting some top quality lights in the mirrors.
I had hoped for cameras but I’ll take this as a bonus as my driveway is pitch black!!
The ‘puddle lights’ mounted under the wing mirrors are tremendous!
Like having floodlighting around your car, really handy to stop me tripping over charging cables etc.
Lights come on automatically when unlocking the EX30 ultra and are really bright!
My Cupra had something similar but only projected the logo so you could see the surface material but despite looking cool was pretty pointless!
Kudos to Volvo for fitting some top quality lights in the mirrors.
I had hoped for cameras but I’ll take this as a bonus as my driveway is pitch black!!
Couple of minor gripes I’ve found.
I went to the gym wearing my running trainers (size 9 nothing abnormal) and found myself clipping the brake pedal while accelerating. Think these should be further apart.
Also, I reached for the door handle and missed, only to find my thumb nail scratched the black plastic trim. It should be more hard wearing than that!!
I went to the gym wearing my running trainers (size 9 nothing abnormal) and found myself clipping the brake pedal while accelerating. Think these should be further apart.
Also, I reached for the door handle and missed, only to find my thumb nail scratched the black plastic trim. It should be more hard wearing than that!!